A syntactic and Semantic study of the verb 're' in Northern Sotho

Abstract:

The main focus of this study is on the usage of re as an expression of time. The study also looks at previous studies on the verb re . It deals with the distribution of the verb re in Northern sotho. The following aspects will be discussed: Tense and aspect with re , re in the negative, complements of re , and agreement with noun classes, and with the existential morpheme go . The structure and semantics of sentences with the verb re are discussed under the following headings: the X-bar theory, co-ordination, and sub-ordination. As regards the semantics of sentences with the verb re the study will look at the following aspects: contribution of re to the meaning of the sentence, agreement with re , the infinitive as a complement of re , re changing its position to the matrix clause, and the influence of re on the main clause.